Google SketchUp ; simply load in your images and trace over them to create photorealistic models (Free); gives you total flexibility messing with the FINAL look of something (opposite of CAD--- Computer Aided Design--- which is detail-driven) SketchUp Pro 5 ($500 for higher end import and export options). Via

Putting Maryland on the Map : http://teachersmd.net/10_369/intro.htm (There is too much information and not enough time or resources, to map out a course of action in sufficient detail to overcome all the obstacles that present themselves in today's world. )

Voyager Spacecraft's beautiful images of the cosmos

http://www.uigarden.net/english/design-for-the-dream-economy

Penrose-type Islamic Interlacing Pattern

Search all of Don Quixote : http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/ Advanced Search

Videos about cubism: http://www.technorati.com/videos/tag/cubism

Knowledge Maps (two-sided, 26 1/4" x 39") sold individually and as a 9-map boxed set by the Design Institute.

Spray-Paint Output Device : http://www.hektor.ch/ (Examples , Videos) software is based on Scriptographer, a scripting plugin that extends Illustrator’s functionality by the use of the JavaScript language.

What's New in Firefox 2.0.0.7 : http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.7/releasenotes/

"The farther the experiment is from theory, the closer it is to the Nobel Prize." - Joliet-Curie
"It is very simple to be a genius. All you have to do is think for yourself. - Ramtha
"To light a candle is to cast a shadow." - Ursula K. Le Guin
"The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation." - Mark Twain
"It is not enough to have a good Mind. The main thing is to use it." - Rene Descartes